Overview of the Magazine Industry RESUBMISSION

The magazine industry produces and distributes magazines in format of print and electronic format, including on the internet.

The industry is split between consumer-targeted magazines, which comprise about two-thirds of the industry, and professional periodicals, which make up the remaining third. The industry's two main sources of revenue, advertising and print sales. It also includes newsletters, customer magazines produced for businesses and radio and TV guides. The word "magazine" refers to a collection or storage location. In the case of written publication, it is a collection of written articles.

They are generally financed by advertising. A paid circulation is when the magazine is sold to readers for a price and an unpaid circulation is when there is no cover price and issues are given away.

Factors influencing the location of the industry's activities include the distribution for the population and economic activity, particularly in the entertainment, fashion and advertising industries. As a result of these factors, businesses in the UK Magazine Publishers industry are concentrated around London. London accounts for 30.2% of establishments, largely as a result of the concentration of associated industries in and around the city.

The industry statistics and market size date as concluded a revenue of the magazine industry accounts for £6 billion with an employment of over 38,000 jobs within nearly 2,700 businesses.

Q magazine is the essential music guide with exclusive interviews from the biggest names in music. Kerrang magazine is the UK's biggest selling rock magazine and Mojo magazine covers the greatest music and artists from the past and present. 

The top three selling magazine outside of the music genre are TV Choice with a statistic of newsstand single copy in 2015 of £1,276,045. The next top selling magazines are What’s on TV which is another TV times magazine and Take a Break which is associated as a womans weekly magazine. 

In 2011, 152 magazines ceased operations and in 2012, 82 magazines were closed down.